Mulch around ponds

I would like to move the grass back a few feet from my ponds to avoid
the hand trimming of the grass around the edging stones. Can wood
mulch be used in close proximity to the ponds, or should I stick with
gravel or small stones for this purpose?

No reason wood type mulch can not be used. I used it for years until I
got tired of having to get it out of my pond when the pond overflowed
or the stream came up.......so now I went to gravel and its not been a
problem of it floating off and making a mess or blowing out on the
water and also making a mess, I used to use the shredded cypress as it
holds together good and interlocks and is very fiberous so it blew
oout less, than typical pne bark and other hardwood muches did.

On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 09:21:57 -0400, wrote:

===I would like to move the grass back a few feet from my ponds to avoid
===the hand trimming of the grass around the edging stones. Can wood
===mulch be used in close proximity to the ponds, or should I stick with
===gravel or small stones for this purpose?
===


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I would like to move the grass back a few feet from my ponds to avoid
the hand trimming of the grass around the edging stones. Can wood
mulch be used in close proximity to the ponds, or should I stick with
gravel or small stones for this purpose?
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I've used wood mulch around my ponds for 9 years with no problems at all.
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